Stephane and Adrian: Yes, I have been in contact with Barbara Clay about this. Sorry for the delay in replying to your question. An explanation will be provided in the nest day or so. I will let you know. Regards, David David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 1101 New York Avenue, NW - Suite 930 - Washington, D.C. 20005 Office: 202.570.7126 Mobile: 202.341.3611 From: Stéphane van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com<mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:15:48 -0800 To: Adrian Kinderis <adrian@ausregistry.com.au<mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com.au>> Cc: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>> Subject: Re: [council] Sponsorship... again Could someone from Staff provide Adrian with an answer please? Stéphane Envoyé de mon iPhone4 Le 17 févr. 2011 à 06:16, Adrian Kinderis <adrian@ausregistry.com.au<mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com.au>> a écrit : Just an update as I have raised this issue on this list a number of times. I have sent numerous emails questioning the sponsorship packages for ICANN San Francisco. We are now three weeks from ICANN San Francisco and I have not had any answer from ICANN staff at all. All I have been told is that is has been escalated to Nick Tomaso. I don’t think I am asking too much in requesting some answers here. I think it is just plain rude to be ignored (you can tell I don’t like it right?). I guess they have achieved their objective by not responding. We are now a sponsor at the inflated rate. We found some budget by firing a staff member and not supplying cookies in the staff kitchen. I hope some fellowship folks benefit from their trip to the beautiful city of San Francisco that we are supporting… I look forward to reading how much revenue sponsorship brought in for this meeting and what the rates will be for Jordan. Just remember, I support ICANN and I support newTLDs. Adrian Kinderis